Upon receiving Ning Zhiheng's call, Liu Datong rushed over immediately and went straight to Ning Zhiheng's private room.
After chatting for a few minutes, Ning Zhiheng asked, "Did you bring the list of personnel to be transferred to Chongqing that I asked you to draft before?"
"Here you go, team leader. These are some of my capable subordinates, key personnel who are willing to come with me to Chongqing." Da Tong quickly took out a list and handed it to Ning Zhiheng.
Ning Zhiheng took a closer look and found there were about twenty people. Among them were Liu Datong's old brothers and some unfamiliar names. It seemed that Liu Datong had indeed gathered some men in the past few months. These people were all willing to leave the metropolis of Nanjing and go with him to the border city of Chongqing. It was conceivable that they were all Liu Datong's confidants.
Ning Zhiheng accepted the list and then asked, "Besides your subordinates in the police department, what did Liu Yong and the others say?"
Liu Datong still had many underlings who ate with him on the streets. They all became car dealership owners, gathering information on the streets and doing a lot for Ning Zhiheng.
Liu Datong quickly said, "Liu Yong is of course willing to come with me, and several other brothers are also willing. The rest are reluctant to leave, after all, this is their homeland."
Ning Zhiheng nodded and said, "That means it's fate. Remember, take all those who are willing to go with you, even the rickshaw pullers you're comfortable with. And it's best to take their families with you, so they can help you with some things when you get to Chongqing."
"So many? Yes, yes!" Liu Datong asked in surprise, but seeing Ning Zhiheng's gaze, he quickly nodded in agreement.
“We will definitely need a lot of manpower in Chongqing in the future. It’s better to use familiar people than unfamiliar ones, and it won’t cost much in travel expenses,” Ning Zhiheng explained again.
He then asked, "What about Chen Yanqing and Wen Xing'an? Have they explained everything?"
"Everything has been explained. With your word, they all agree to come with us. Oh, and there's one more thing," Liu Datong said in a low voice, "Xiong Hongda reported to me that the information coming from his informant who has been monitoring Lin Mucheng is that Lin Mucheng's unit is about to set off, and Lin Mucheng is also leaving Nanjing. He asked us what to do next."
Lin Mucheng? Ning Zhiheng was momentarily stunned, then quickly asked, "What happened? Tell me the details."
Lin Mucheng was a member of the Shadow Group, the first Japanese spy group that Ning Zhiheng had cracked after joining the Military Intelligence Investigation Department.
Huang Xiansheng, the Japanese spy who was arrested at the time, did not reveal Lin Mucheng, but Ning Zhiheng was still able to read the memories in his mind and find Lin Mucheng through investigation.
At this time, Lin Mucheng was already the confidential secretary of the Fourth Division headquarters. Later, Ning Zhiheng was wary of his father, Lin Zhen, a bigwig in the Baoding clique, so he did not arrest him immediately. Instead, he arranged to follow him and eventually successfully captured Xie Ziming, the new leader of the Shadow Group, by following this clue. In the end, the entire Shadow Group was captured.
However, Ning Zhiheng never dared to make a move against Lin Mucheng. Instead, he used him as bait, intending to gain something from him. Therefore, he arranged for Xiong Hongda to monitor Lin Mucheng's whereabouts.
It's been almost a year since this incident, but because the leaders of the Shadow Group, Fu Cheng and Huang Xiansheng, were arrested, especially since Lin Mucheng knew the identity of Huang Xiansheng, who was arrested first, he naturally became the most suspicious target among the remaining members.
For this reason, Snow Wolf, a senior agent of the Special Higher Police, conducted a long-term surveillance and identification of Lin Mucheng. However, the entire Shadow Team was wiped out soon, leaving only Lin Mucheng alive.
In the end, even the Japanese Special Higher Police Headquarters couldn't confirm Lin Mucheng's identity, so they simply remained in hiding and showed no intention of activating the surveillance. This resulted in the surveillance going nowhere for so long that Ning Zhiheng almost forgot about it.
However, Liu Datong and Xiong Hongda dared not neglect the task assigned by Ning Zhiheng, and they never relaxed their surveillance of Lin Mucheng.
Finally, he deliberately sabotaged the situation, causing an accident that injured and forced the old maid in Lin Mucheng's household to resign. Liu Datong then specially selected a suitable candidate and found a way to replace her, becoming a maid in Lin Mucheng's household.
They had been keeping a close watch on Lin Mucheng, but this time the Fourth Division, where Lin Mucheng was stationed, was about to set off for the Shanghai front. This time, the inside man could no longer keep track of him, so he asked Liu Datong for instructions.
After hearing these words, Ning Zhiheng thought for a moment and asked again, "Is this inside man reliable?"
Liu Datong nodded and said, "He was a senior of mine, an old patrolman who had no children. He was very shrewd, but he was injured and could no longer work as a patrolman, so he was dismissed. I have always taken good care of him. This time, I needed a reliable person to monitor Lin Mucheng, so I arranged for him."
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